Pesta Tanglung Universiti Malaya

马大灯笼节

Pesta Tanglung Universiti Malaya (PTUM) is an annual cultural program to retain and exhibit Chinese heritage and culture. It is a cultural program held solely by students to disseminate and celebrate Chinese heritage.

INHERIT AND INSPIRE

承前啟後

When we talk about the story of “How the Fool Moved Mountains”, some people laugh at the fool’s silly behavior as it is an impossible and Herculean task while some admire his determination. Perhaps this story is not related to us at all, but as a Malaysian Chinese, isn’t everything we own today, the contribution of every ‘fool’ in the Chinese community, who has strived hard to conserve Chinese culture and pass it down till today? They’ve asked for nothing in, they just hope the culture of Malaysian Chinese will continue handing on to the generations on this land.
Things have changed with time, it has been almost 60 years since our ancestors came to Malaysia from China. It is our privilege to enjoy the status of ‘Malaysian Chinese’. With our ancestors’ concerted effort in overcoming all the circumstances even encountered hindrances and obstacles, they have never susceptible to any. Chinese has integrated into this multicultural society gradually and without any conflict. It was inevitable to have twists and turns along the way, our ancestors had given their best till their hearts cease to beat, to create the charm of beautiful Chinese culture in this foreign land.
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Our ancestors fought bravely just to bring our Chinese culture from China into Malaysia. They encounter difficulties to bring Chinese culture to a country with multi-ethnic. But, they never thought of giving up. They protected our Chinese culture as how a mother protects her child. In the end, Chinese culture was established successfully by itself in Malaysia.
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Malaysian Chinese has diverse culture in beliefs, traditions, arts, dialects, clans, society and cultural heritage. As the only country other than People’s Republic of China that has a complete Chinese education system from primary to tertiary, Chinese education has always been the foundation of cultural heritage. Although we are now Malaysian citizens but we will never forget our origin, we are still worshiping our precious culture, tradition, customs, beliefs and spirit of our ancestors. This has made us the ethnic group that has kept the most intact culture in Southeast Asia.

Unimpeachably, in the modern era, globalization had major effects on the Chinese culture. The west is the one of the factors. The west has influenced the Chinese culture immensely. The younger generations tend to adopt the western culture and left their own culture and traditions behind. Local Chinese tend to accept and kowtow to Western culture blindly, such as celebrating Western festivals and imitating Western fashion elements. This has led to a greater negative impact and worst still the dissipation of our millions years of culture and traditions. Today, we have begun to become accustomed to devalue our own culture and adore Western culture instead. Nevertheless, Western culture has its bright side. What we need to do, is to analyze and practise the good ones, rather than all of it. However, in reality, many traditional festivals such as Mid-Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Festival have been gradually forgotten while Christmas and Halloween are becoming more and more popular. Undeniably, Chinese culture has slowly lost its main role in the young generation nowadays, hence we should not underestimate the influence of Western culture.
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Our ancestors take years of hard work hand down Chinese culture to the future generations. We should not let it fail to hand down for nothing. We have to respect the efforts of ancestors. Hence, we should inherit our Chinese culture and inspire new generation with a sense of conviction. We have to learn all the precious knowledge passed down from our ancestors as it can be used in our daily life. We have to work hard and enhance the knowledge to go to a higher level. We should prepare for the future. So, our culture will not be forgotten and we able to protect the tree of culture in this desert with a strong belief and love. Lantern, has been illuminating the hallway of Chinese culture and has witnessed the sacrifices made by numerous strong spirit and their success in defending the dignity of Chinese culture. Now, let the candle light be the beacon in guiding those who have lost their way in defending our own culture and continuing the legacy passed down from our ancestors. Fifteen years of cultural inheritance, PTUM continues its legacy in preserving Chinese culture.

OBJECTIVE

To display the various aspects of the 5000 years old Chinese heritage.

To serve as an avenue for personal development for the undergraduates participants of this project who will be working and organising this pretigious event.

To foster racial integration among undergraduates through understanding diversity of a culture while participating in this event.

VIDEO

PTUM SONG MV

PTUM 2017 Executives Introduction

MASCOT INTRODUCTION

The mascot's name is PIPI (琵琵), it was first born in year 2010. Being the first mascot to represent Pesta Tanglung Universiti Malaya (PTUM), the mascot aims to bring happiness and joy to everyone!
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The body of the mascot is YELLOW in colour, symbolising hope and motivation for a better PTUM!
This is the 17th year for PTUM and PIPI is now 8 years old. It plays a significant role in introducing our very own Chinese culture to everyone out there.

EVENTS

LANTERN PARADE

OPENINGCEREMONY

EXHIBITION

LANTERNCARNIVAL

CULTURALNIGHT

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LANTERN PARADE

DATE: 19 September 2017
TIME: 6.00pm - 11.00pm
VENUE: Gazebo, Perdanasiswa Complex UM
PARTICIPANT: 800 UM students and public from local community

On the night of full moon, strolling around UM campus with lighted lantern together with your friends is a must during Mid-Autumn Festival! Participants get to enjoy delicious mooncake, guess the riddles, have interactive games with emcee and last but not least a chance to meet "Chang Er" !

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OPENING CEREMONY

Opening Ceremony is an important event that officially marks the beginning of PTUM! A wide range of wonderful performances such as cultural show, songs by professional singer as well as modern dance are going to showcase on that night. Come join us to experience excitement that you've never had before!

LANTERN CARNIVAL

Invite your best friends to visit all the stalls with delicious food, interesting games and PTUM's special delicate merchandise to feel the joyful and delighting moment together! With lady's luck, you may even meet and interact with radio deejays or television show hosts in our carnival!

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CULTURAL NIGHT

A good beginning makes a good ending. Cultural night will be our last official event for PTUM. It is a drama and it acts as a platform for students to show their talent in acting and dancing to the audience. We aim to instill the values of chinese cultures in everyone. Grab your last chance to join us!

SPONSOR

How can your company participate?

Financial Support

Purchase ofAdvertisement Package

​Booking ofLantern Carnival booth

Contribution in Kind/Material Sponsorship

You can also participate through:

Patronage

Personal Donation

If you have any enquires, please do not hesitate to contact the organizing committee: